Species: Pomadasys macracanthus, Longspine grunt
4-5 faint bars
soft D & A - membranes scaled
4.5-5.5 oblique rows scales LL to D origin
Pomadasys macracanthus (Günther, 1864)
Longspine grunt
Body oblong, strongly compressed; forehead profile ~ oblique; mouth not reaching under front of eye, inside not red, lips thin; chin with 2 pores at front and 2 inside hole behind, plus a longitudinal groove; preopercle serrated in juveniles, almost smooth in adults; dorsal fin XII (rarely XI), 13, moderately notched; anal III, 7-8, second anal spine long and stout, thicker than 3rd; pectoral fins very long, reaching to level of anus; 1 row of scales on membrane between soft dorsal and anal rays; 41-46 pored lateral line scales; 3.5-4.5 oblique rows of scales between lateral line and origin of dorsal fin.
Silvery with 4-5 indistinct dark bars on side (sometimes absent in adults); a dark spot on the upper operculum.
Maximum size, 35 cm.
Habitat: coastal seas on sandy or muddy bottoms, entering brackish estuaries and river mouths.
Depth: 0-20 m.
Southern Baja and the Gulf of California to Ecuador.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Non Marine
- Freshwater
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom + water column
- Bottom
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Mangrove
- Estuary
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Water column
- Mud
- Freshwater
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent only
- All species
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 35
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 20
